When Liu Meng disappeared, everything in the apartment began to decay at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into piles of dust.

  Ihe apartment, Little Yuan's Mom, the Fat Homebody Ghost, Liu Ze, Xia Xinlu, and all the other residents instantly turned into dried corpses, their eyes empty, colpsing to the ground.

  "Not a perma instance?" Qin Nuo was slightly taken aback.

  Uhe her Springs Restaurant, ohe game ehe Bloodstained Apartment would cease to exist; it was a oime instance.

  In room 306, Bck Rose and Princess Yao Yao also noticed the ndlord's belongings rapidly deg.

  The two women's expressions ged, thinking the killer had arrived, and they prepared to fight for their lives.

  "gratutions to the pyer 'Phantom' for correctly identifying the target and successfully finding the killer in the apartment!"

  "The game is over, and pyers will soo the instance!"

  The game's annou echoed in the minds of the three people.

  Bck Rose and Princess Yao Yao were naturally bewildered.

  Phantom?

  He's not dead yet?!

  Before the two could figure out the situation, a beam of light enveloped them, and they disappeared from the room.

  When they opeheir eyes again, they were already in a void space.

  Bck Rose raised her head and saw Qin Nuo beside her, uo resist asking, "Is the game's annou real?"

  "How could it be fake?" Qin Nuo replied with a hint of amusement.

  "How do you have three lives?" Princess Yao Yao asked in surprise.

  Qin Nuo thought to himself that he had more than three, but he casually replied, "Who knows."

  Bck Rose naturally knew Qin Nuo wouldn't say.

  The rewards from instances were bizarre and varied.

  The higher the score, the more unimagihe rewards.

  She had seen those god-level pyers with ghost creatures in their hands that could even forcibly ge the game's rules, like Doraemon's magic pocket, with all sorts of abilities.

  She guessed Qin Nuo must have used some ghost creature to extend his life.

  "So, who was the killer?" Bck Rose could only ask him.

  "The resident of 402, I just guessed, thinking with my st life, why not take a gamble."

  "Uedly, Lady Luck was quite kind to me," Qin Nuo said with a smile.

  Bck Rose didn't ask further.

  High luck factor?

  Trying to fool the naive?

  "Really, Qin Nuo, you're so lucky, helping us plete this instance!" Princess Yao Yao excimed with joy, genuinely believing it.

  Bck Rose: "..."

  ", all pyers will be transported back to the real world, and the instance score and rewards will be settled. Please be prepared!"

  Bck Rose: "Well, let's say goodbye here. If fate allows, we might meet in another instance."

  Princess Yao Yao also bid farewell to Qin Nuo and Bck Rose.

  Then, the two disappeared from Qin Nuo's sight.

  Strangely, Qin Nuo wasn't transported back.

  "What's going on?" Qin Nuo wondered.

  "gratutions to pyer 'Phantom' for pleting the Bloodstained Apartment instance, rated at 6.0 points!"

  "Additional score: Instaasks pleted 7/23, earning 4.2 points!"

  "Additional score: Main task pleted 1/1, earning 5.8 points!"

  "Overall score: 16.0 points!"

  "System reward: One golden treasure chest!"

  "Ghost currency reward: 300 denomination."

  "Ghost creature reward: Qingyin Stone." (Special material, be fused with metal attribute ghost creatures to enhance ghost power strength)

  "Territory reward: Acquired [Nightmare Garment Apartment], one hall, one room, totaling five rooms."

  "Or level 2 renovatiht ( expand or prehensively upgrade existiory property)."

  "Note: Only oory reward be chosen."

  it be pyed like this?

  Qin Nuo pondered.

  On the surface, directly acquiring another apartment building seemed more worthwhile.

  But this wasn't the real world; having more buildings didn't make you richer.

  The Red Moon venieore was already fag issues like poor ma, and acquiring another apartment would only add more trouble, leaving no time to ma.

  Better to solve the problems of the Red Moon venieore first, increase its revenue, and stop losing money!

  With this in mind, Qin Nuo didn't hesitate and chose the tter.

  "gratutions to pyer Phantom for obtaining level 2 renovatihts!"

  At that moment, new memories flooded into Qin Nuo's mind.

  "This time, there's one less skill reward, but overall, it's richer than st time."

  Qin Nuo murmured.

  Whether a score of 16.0 was the highest, Qin Nuo didn't know.

  At least, Qin Nuo believed there was no room for the Bloodstained Apartment instance's score to rise.

  At this moment, the information panel suddenly appeared in front of him.

  "Please choose whether to be directly transported back to the real world or to the territory property owned in the Horror World."

  "Territory property: Red Moon venieore." (Currently)

  "So I wasn't in a hurry to be transported back because there was this option," Qin Nuo realized.

  Naturally, he was eager to che his store.

  And see if he could solve the problems fag the venieore.

  Qin Nuo chose the Red Moon venieore without hesitation.

  A feeling of weightlessness enveloped him, light appeared all over his body, and in an instant, his vision blurred.

  When his sight cleared, a chilling ess enveloped him.

  Qin Nuo appeared on a desote street, with empty roads on both sides, neers and trash flying everywhere.

  "Back to the Horror World again."

  Qin Nuo looked up and saw the sign of the Red Moon venieore.

  However, perhaps due to a loose screw, the sign was tilted to one side, stained with a rge patch of what might be fuel or blood-red liquid.

  From a dista looked like a se from a horror movie, quite eerie.

  Good thing it's not in the real world; otherwise, who would do business here!

  "Why are you here?" the Blood-Eyed Ghost asked.

  "Just cheg how my store is doing."

  "You have your own store in this world?" the Blood-Eyed Ghost was astonished.

  "I like to keep a low profile."

  Qin Nuo smiled, adjusted his colr, and walked toward the venieore.

  Ding-a-ling!!

  Pushing open the gss door, the bell above the frame jingled, its clear and pleasant sound eg ihe store.

  At the ter, a short-haired girl was eating a self-heating hot pot while watg a drama.

  By the shelves, a boy with a youthful face was sitting on the floor, leaning against the shelves, pying a PS game sole.

  These were the two employees of the Red Moon venieore, a cashier and a stock clerk.

  Hearing a er ehe girl didn't look up, saying ftly, "Find what you need yourself; everything on the shelves is clearly priced."

  "There are no cameras iore, but if I catch you stealing, I'll rip out your tongue!"

  Qin Nuo cleared his throat twiot moving.

  Only then did the girl look up at Qin Nuo, somewhat surprised, "A human?"

  The boy also g Qin Nuo, correg her, "A Half-Ghost."

  "Oh." The girl lost i and lowered her head again, tinuing to eat her snail noodles from the self-heating pot.

  Qin Nuo walked over, knocked oable, and pced the property ownership certificate on the ter.

  The girl, a bit impatient, was about to speak, but when she caught sight of the dot, her bright eyes widened in surprise.

  She quickly stood up, wiping the oil from the er of her mouth, "Bo... Boss?"

  Qin Nuo smiled warmly, "ing your duties during work hours, you've lost your perfect attendance bonus for this month."

  JOSOLUNA